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Delphinium barbeyi

Common names: perennial wildflower

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae

Roles: habitat component, pollen source, study subject

ITIS TSN: 18539

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 147 | Mentions: 159

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 78 entities)

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Publications (147)

student_paper

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

2025Role: text_match

article

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

2025Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

2025Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

2025American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

Documents (2)

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Document

Moist Forests

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae141 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae82 shared papers

Bombus appositus

Apidae71 shared papers

Bombus terrestris

Apidae70 shared papers

B. appositus

69 shared papers

B. rufocinctus

68 shared papers

Bombus impatiens

Apidae68 shared papers

Bombus vosnesenskii

Apidae68 shared papers

B. vosnesenskii

68 shared papers

Hummingbird

60 shared papers

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

2025Role: text_match

article

Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: BiogeosciencesRole: text_match

article

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

2025Role: text_match

article

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

2025Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of drought on wildflower size and seed set

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

2025Role: habitat component

student_paper

Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the potential mechanism behind bumble bee preference for Corydalis flowers inhabited by nectar specialist yeast

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Pollination Syndrome variance among foraging bumblebee species in Gothic Colorado

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

2024Role: pollen source

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

article

Community context mediates effects of pollinator loss on seed production

2023EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

2023Proceedings of the Royal Society BRole: text_match

student_paper

Determining pollinator behavior differences bumblebees and flies.

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Do pollinator and plant diversity vary with microclimate heterogeneity?

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Early Snowmelt’s Effects on Floral Traits and Rewards of Two Subalpine Plant Species

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

2023Role: text_match

article

Long-term declines in insect abundance and biomass in a subalpine habitat

2023EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

2022Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Experimental Water Addition on Floral Nectar Traits

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Floral Abundance, Pollinator Interactions, and Floral Morphology on Stigmatic Pollen Deposition

2022Role: text_match

article

Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows

2022Fungal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of clumping of Delphinium barbeyi on pollination

2022Role: text_match

article

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

High-Resolution Snow-Covered Area Mapping in Forested Mountain Ecosystems Using PlanetScope Imagery

2022Remote SensingRole: text_match

article

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of environmental variation on daily abundance patterns and diet breadth of bumble bee species

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Snowmelt Timing on Pollinator Visitation to Subalpine Wildflowers

2022Role: text_match

thesis

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

2022Role: text_match

article

Ecological factors influence balancing selection on leaf chemical profiles of a wildflower

2021Nature Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

2021InsectsRole: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the relationship between Bombus appositus abundance and its overlap with key floral resources

2021Role: text_match

article

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

2021Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Nectar Variation in Simple and Compound Flowers; and its Effects on Plant Pollinator Interactions

2021Role: text_match

article

Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of early snowmelt on pollination: A study of four Rocky Mountain subalpine plant species

2021Role: text_match

thesis

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

2020Role: text_match

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: text_match

thesis

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

2020Role: text_match

student_paper

Plant size and allocation to reproduction for plant demography

2020Role: text_match

article

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

2020Role: text_match

article

Early snowmelt projected to cause population decline in a subalpine plant

2019PNASRole: text_match

chapter

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Low to Mid Elevational Resurvey of Bumble bee Distributions in Response to Climate Change

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

2019Role: study subject

student_paper

Quantifying Nectar Resources in Bumble Bee Visited Plants

2019Role: text_match

article

Reproductive losses due to climate change? Induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb

2019Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

2019Student paperRole: text_match

student_paper

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

2018Role: text_match

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Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction: Evidence from Observation and Experimentation

2018ScienceAdvancesRole: text_match

thesis

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of abiotic and biotic stress on plant fitness and herbivore defense in Boechera stricta

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Investigation of Inbreeding Depression in Boechera stricta Fitness

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Consequences of Nectar Robbing in Colorado Wildflowers: Insect Variation and Nectar Sugar Concentration

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Does bumble bee (Bombus spp.) diet breadth vary with differences in floral resource abundance?

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Floral Albedo as a Response Factor of Climate Change, A case study in Helianthella quinquenervis

2017Role: text_match

thesis

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

2017Role: text_match

other

Pollinator traits and competitive context shape dynamic foraging behavior in bee communities

2017bioRxivRole: text_match

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Shifts in water availability mediate plantâ€“pollinator interactions

2017New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Dominant Floral Resource Removal on Plant-Pollinator Interactions

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Bill Morphology and Niche Partitioning in Selasphorus platycercus

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: study subject

article

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

2016EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Frost sensitivity of leaves and flowers of subalpine plants is related to tissue type and phenology.

2016Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Heterospecific pollen deposition in Delphinium barbeyi: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

2016Role: text_match

article

Site fidelity by bees drives pollination facilitation in sequentially blooming plant species

2016EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Does Bumble Bee Diet Breadth vary with the Floral Abundance in a Meadow?

2015Role: text_match

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Aspen (Populus tremuloides) stand dynamics and understory plant community changes over 46 years near Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

2014Forest Ecology and ManagementRole: text_match

article

Coyotes, deer, and wildflowers: diverse evidence points to a trophic cascade

2014NaturwissenschaftenRole: text_match

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Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community

2014EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

2014Role: text_match

article

Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

2014PloS oneRole: text_match

student_paper

Plant Successional Changes Over 67 Years on the Gothic Earthflow.

2014Role: text_match

article

Revisiting Darwin's hypothesis: Does greater intraspecific variability increase species' ecological breadth?

2014American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Comparing Bombus pollinator efficacies in Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) reproductive success

2013Role: text_match

article

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

2013Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Maintenance of temporal synchrony between syrphid flies and floral resources despite differential phenological responses to climate

2013Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Measuring the influence of phylogenetic relationships on floral visitation

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Nectar dwelling yeasts and their effects on pollinator preference

2013Role: text_match

article

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

2013Biochemical Systematics and EcologyRole: text_match

chapter

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Quantifying the effects of pollen load and heterospecific pollen ratio on the species Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae)

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

The influence of aboveground and belowground resources on the persistence of females for a gynodioecious plant

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

"With a little help from my friends": Phylogenetic distance as a predictor of floral visitation in the plant communities of Gothic, CO.

2012Role: text_match

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Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

2012Role: study subject

thesis

Effects of altitude on co-flowering phenology in a montane wildflower community

2011Role: text_match

article

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Intraspecific variation of specific leaf area along an elevational gradient

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

Spatial distribution of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus): Effects of plant palatability and habitat structure

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of phenology on Delphinium nuttallianum

2011Role: text_match

article

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of altitude on co-flowering phenology in a montane wildflower community

2010Role: text_match

article

Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: does climate variation influence community co-flowering patterns?

2010EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

Bumblebee foraging on vertical inflorescences: optimal or not?

2009Role: text_match

article

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

article

Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on phenology, frost damage, and floral abundance of montane wildflowers

2008EcologyRole: text_match

article

Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine Viola praemorsa

2008BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: study subject

student_paper

The bigger the patch the better the buzz: pollinator visitation in relation to floral display in Delphinium barbeyi

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Changing distributions, changing climate: Using Bombus as an indicator of global warming near Crested Butte, Colorado

2007Role: text_match

article

Effects of floral display size and biparental inbreeding on outcrossing rates in Delphinium Barbeyi (Ranunculaceae)

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Reproductive and physiological responses to simulated climate warming for four subalpine species

2007New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

Are native bees picky enough? The effect of an invasive plant, Linaria vulgaris, on the foraging of native bee pollinators

2006Role: text_match

thesis

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006Role: study subject

student_paper

The Effects of Soil Nitrogen Availability on Plant Reproduction and Solitary Bee Behavior

2006Role: text_match

article

In situ photosynthetic freezing tolerance for plants exposed to a global warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

2004New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Distance From a Yellow-Bellied Marmot Burrow on Plant Diversity

2004Role: text_match

article

Changes in flowering and abundance of Delphinium nuttallianum (Ranunculaceae) in response to a subalpine climate warming experiment

2003Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

article

Environmental influences on the phenology and abundance of flowering by Androsace septentrionalis (Primulaceae)

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia MontanaRole: text_match

article

Variation in timing and abundance of flowering by Delphinium barbeyi Huth (Ranunculaceae): the roles of snowpack, frost, and La Niña, in the context of climate change

2002OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of inflorescence number on bee behavior in Delphinium barbeyi

1994Role: text_match

article

The effect of floral abundance on feeder censuses of hummingbird populations

1991CondorRole: text_match

student_paper

The relationship between Delphinium barbeyi and a fly larvae

1987Role: text_match

article

Resource partitioning in bumblebees: experimental studies of foraging behavior

1978EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Bumblebee pollinators of Aconitum columbianum and Delphinium barbeyi

1974Role: text_match

student_paper

The importance of color and form in insect pollination in the Delphinium barbeyi and Acotinum columbianum

1972Role: text_match

Delphinium barbeyi

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 78 entities)

Publications (147)

Alpine plants of Mt. Baldy: modeling phenology and documenting biodiversity

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

Does pollination interact with the abiotic environment to affect plant reproduction?

Does sodium in floral nectar enhance pollination & plant reproduction?

Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defence polymorphism

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

Documents (2)

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Moist Forests

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium

Bombus

Bombus appositus

Bombus terrestris

B. appositus

B. rufocinctus

Bombus impatiens

Bombus vosnesenskii

B. vosnesenskii

Hummingbird

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

Quantifying the effect of petrogenic carbon on SOC turnover for two Rocky Mountain soils: when are petrogenic carbon corrections required?

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

The effects of drought on wildflower size and seed set

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?

Investigating the potential mechanism behind bumble bee preference for Corydalis flowers inhabited by nectar specialist yeast

Pollination Syndrome variance among foraging bumblebee species in Gothic Colorado

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

Community context mediates effects of pollinator loss on seed production

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

Determining pollinator behavior differences bumblebees and flies.

Do pollinator and plant diversity vary with microclimate heterogeneity?

Early Snowmelt’s Effects on Floral Traits and Rewards of Two Subalpine Plant Species

Effects of warming, dominant species removal, and accelerated snowmelt on aboveground plant traits in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

Long-term declines in insect abundance and biomass in a subalpine habitat

Comparative impacts of long-term trends in snowmelt and species interactions on plant population dynamics

Effects of Experimental Water Addition on Floral Nectar Traits

Effects of Floral Abundance, Pollinator Interactions, and Floral Morphology on Stigmatic Pollen Deposition

Effects of an introduced mustard, Thlaspi arvense, on soil fungal communities in subalpine meadows

Effects of clumping of <i> Delphinium barbeyi </i> on pollination

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

High-Resolution Snow-Covered Area Mapping in Forested Mountain Ecosystems Using PlanetScope Imagery

Legume germination is delayed in dry soils and in sterile soils devoid of microbial mutualists: Species-specific implications for upward range expansions

Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

The effects of environmental variation on daily abundance patterns and diet breadth of bumble bee species

The Effect of Snowmelt Timing on Pollinator Visitation to Subalpine Wildflowers

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Ecological factors influence balancing selection on leaf chemical profiles of a wildflower

Global Warming, Advancing Bloom and Evidence for Pollinator Plasticity from Long-Term Bee Emergence Monitoring

Investigating the relationship between <i> Bombus appositus </i> abundance and its overlap with key floral resources

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

Nectar Variation in Simple and Compound Flowers; and its Effects on Plant Pollinator Interactions

Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

The effect of early snowmelt on pollination: A study of four Rocky Mountain subalpine plant species

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

Plant size and allocation to reproduction for plant demography

Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

Early snowmelt projected to cause population decline in a subalpine plant

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Identifying the Impact of Biotic Interactions on Meadow Species Distributions in Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Dominated Systems

Intraspecific flower color variation along elevation gradients

Low to Mid Elevational Resurvey of Bumble bee Distributions in Response to Climate Change

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

Empirical tests of withinâ€and acrossâ€species energetics in a diverse plant community